Dr. Bhagat Aulakh works as a pulmonologist and intensivist. Dr. Aulakh is professionally affiliated with OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, and OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. He is an in-network provider for Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, Humana Catastrophic, and more. He attended St. George's University School of Medicine and then went on to complete his residency at a hospital affiliated with the University of Illinois at Peoria. He has received professional recognition including the following: Outstanding Faculty of the Year - OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Emergency Medicine Department. Dr. Aulakh (or staff) is conversant in Urdu, Spanish, and Hindi.

Dr. William Tillis specializes in critical care (intensive care medicine) and adult pulmonology and practices in Peoria, IL and Ottawa, IL. He studied medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford and the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. Dr. Tillis's residency was performed at a hospital affiliated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is in-network for Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, Humana Catastrophic, and more. Dr. Tillis's professional affiliations include OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, and OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center.

Dr. Kishor Patel is a critical care (intensive care medicine), sleep medicine, and adult pulmonology specialist. Dr. Patel accepts Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, Humana Catastrophic, and more. He is a graduate of the University of Zambia School of Medicine and a graduate of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science's residency program. In addition to English, he speaks Gujarati. He is professionally affiliated with OSF St. Mary Medical Center, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, and OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center.

Dr. Bryan McVay's specialties are pulmonology (lung & respiratory disease) and critical care (intensive care medicine). He practices in Peoria, IL and Ottawa, IL. He accepts Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, and Humana Catastrophic, in addition to other insurance carriers. He attended Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and then went on to complete his residency at a hospital affiliated with the University of Illinois at Peoria. Dr. McVay is professionally affiliated with OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, and OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center.

Dr. Edward Pyun's medical specialty is surgery and critical care (intensive care medicine). Dr. Pyun has a special interest in trauma. He accepts several insurance carriers, including Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, and Humana Catastrophic. He is a graduate of Northeast Ohio Medical University and a graduate of Fairview Hospital's residency program. His professional affiliations include OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center.

Dr. Jeremiah Crabb specializes in critical care (intensive care medicine) and adult pulmonology. On average, patients gave him a rating of 5.0 stars out of 5. He honors Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, Humana Catastrophic, and more. Before performing his residency at a hospital affiliated with the University of Kansas, Dr. Crabb attended the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He is professionally affiliated with OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center.

Dr. Deepak Taneja's medical specialty is pulmonology (lung & respiratory disease), hospital medicine (hospitalist), and critical care (intensive care medicine). Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, and Humana Catastrophic are among the insurance carriers that Dr. Taneja honors. Dr. Taneja obtained his medical school training at St. George's University School of Medicine and performed his residency at a hospital affiliated with the University of Illinois at Peoria. He is professionally affiliated with OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, and OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center.

Dr. Kaninika Verma is a specialist in adult critical care, sleep medicine, and adult pulmonology. She works in Peoria, IL, Bloomington, IL, and Ottawa, IL. She is in-network for Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, and Humana Catastrophic, as well as other insurance carriers. Before completing her residency at a hospital affiliated with the University of Illinois at Peoria, Dr. Verma attended medical school at St. George's University School of Medicine. Dr. Verma is professionally affiliated with OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, and OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center.

Dr. Agnieszka Kulikowska is a pediatric cardiology and pediatric critical care specialist in Peoria, IL. She is affiliated with Children's Hospital of Illinois. Dr. Kulikowska graduated from Jagiellonian University Medical College and then she performed her residency at St. Louis Children's Hospital. She is an in-network provider for Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, and Humana Catastrophic, as well as other insurance carriers.

Dr. Jeffrey Benson is a pediatric pulmonology and pediatric critical care specialist in Peoria, IL. He honors several insurance carriers, including Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, and Humana Catastrophic. Dr. Benson attended medical school at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. He is affiliated with Children's Hospital of Illinois.

Dr. Frank Chaten is a medical specialist in pediatric critical care. He is professionally affiliated with OSF Saint Francis Medical Center. Dr. Chaten accepts Humana HMO, Humana Bronze, Humana Catastrophic, and more. Before performing his residency at a hospital affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Dr. Chaten attended the University of Toledo College of Medicine for medical school.

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What is Critical Care?

Critical care, or intensive care medicine, is the delivery of medical care to patients whose illness or injury is so seriously life threatening that they would likely die without intervention. It usually takes place in ICUs or trauma centers. It is referred to as critical care in North America, while it is called intensive care or intensive therapy in the rest of the world. Specialists in this field are sometimes referred to as intensivists.

Critical care may encompass a broad variety of medical specialties in the efforts to save a patient’s life. Critical care specialists must have a good knowledge of anesthesiology, surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, and other specialties. Besides their medical knowledge, intensivists must know a great deal about end-of-life issues, including ethics, advanced directives, and family counseling and bereavement.

Critical care is a relatively modern specialty, which developed along with ICUs beginning in the 1950’s. It looks different from regular medicine, and it can be recognized by the presence of more nurses, more monitoring, more invasive monitors and procedures, and the presence of life-sustaining therapies such as mechanical ventilators and vasopressors.

Specialists in critical care frequently have to make urgent and complex decisions. They use their knowledge and skill to provide intensive care to the most fragile patients and do their best to save lives.